Dr. Mehmet Oz is host of the popular TV show “The Dr. Oz Show.” He is a professor in the Department of Surgery at Columbia University and directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Mike Roizen is chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, an award-winning author, and has been the doctor to eight Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 Fortune 500 CEOs.

But you're desperate to get your 6-year-old to taste anything healthier or more flavorful than a french fry or spaghetti with butter and cheese.

So you puree veggies in fruit smoothies and opt for supplements just to get some nutrients into your youngster. Not bad moves, but we're betting you can expand your child's food favorites if you'll expand yours.

Parental behavior is crucial in shaping a child's food preferences. For most kids, flavor choices are a result of nurture more often than nature, maybe even starting in the womb.

Research suggests that moms who eat junk food when pregnant tend to have kids who eat junk food and are overweight. And even kids who do have an actual physiological aversion to certain flavors (many react strongly to bitter tastes) eventually can learn to expand their list of acceptable foods.

Repeated exposure alters flavor perception. So dish up broccoli in clever ways: grilled, in a creamy soup, cold with a yogurt dip.

If you are enthusiastic about eating healthfully, take time to cook good food in tasty ways, and STOP feeding your child processed, salty and sugary foods (they ruin the palate, making it very difficult to appreciate other flavors).

That kid of yours will naturally ask for another serving of edamame (soybeans), asparagus and oven-roasted kale. Try it. You'll all like it!

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